Improved window-shade-tassel clip



5in-ta FREDERICK MULLER, OE Bos'roN, MASSA'Q,T

Leners Paauw/'0. 85,953, daad 19, 1869:'4

IMPROVED W'nDOWBHADE-TASSEL CLIP.

*gov-. .lhe Schedule referred to in the" Letten Patent and making part of the same.

Tc all persons w wwm, these presents ma/y 'Beit knownthat'I, FREDERICK MLLER, of Bos# ton, inthe county of Su'olk, and State of Massachu-4 sett's,have invented anlmproved Window-SlIadJIassel Clasp and I do hereby declare the same to be fully described iu the following specification, and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figures 1 and 2 are s ide views, and Figure 3, a verticalsection ofthe clasp.

Figure 4 is ahorizontal section of it.

gure 5 is a view of it as connected with a tassel by its line oi' cord. Y

n any kind.

. To construct lmy improved device, I irst provide a flat metal spring, B, bent in the form of a letter U, with its ends slightly drawn inward-as shown in fig. 3.

f I then provide two rectangular pieces or. strips of sheet-metal, eachpiece having a lip, a, projecting from each edge for nearly one-thirdof its length, as represented invfigs. l and 5. l

The upper ends of these strips are bent at a right angle, so as to form inwardly-projecting lips or hooks, e, as shown in figs. 2 and 3.

The side lips a are then bent inwardA so 'as to embrace the edges of the spring B, as shown ings, 3 and 4, the strips bein gbent inward at the point marked b onthe gures, so as to engage slightly under the shoulders of the spriug'B, and thus prevent the parts from becoming detached.

A hole, c,bis made in the centre ofthe spring B for receiving and holding the cord-to which the tassel is isecured, as shown in iig.- 5, the hole q being shown in gf 3- A The bars or strips Av are' extended down beyond the point where they impinge upon thespring, far enough to form levers, by pressing on which, with the thumb and linger, the upper ends will be forced asunder, and the clasp thus released from the bar of the curtain over which the lips or the hooksc engage, to holdit firmly in place. ,A l By this method, I ain enabled to construct aclasp without solder or rivets, and that avoids the use of-any nut or screw for attaching it, and which, by means of the lips hooking over the bar of the curtain, cannot be easily or accidentally pulled oi, and yet can be instantly detached, when itis desiredto do so.

Another advantage of my device is, that it does not indent or dis'gure the curtain and bar, as do those which arel secured by simply elasping or pressing `against the sides of the bar, and which are tightened by a screw or thumb-nut. My device is, therefore, cheaper, more ecient, quicker aud easier applied and detached, besides being less likely t0 mar or injure the'curtain, than any device heretofore constructed for the purpose.

I am aware that a clasp for the same puipose has heretofore been made, and therefore I do not claim; broadly the use of such a device; buthaving thus lfully described my invention,

The clasp, consisting of the spring B, and the side pieces A united thereto by means of the lips a, and having the hooks e on their upper ends, all substantially as shown and described. i

FREDERICK MLLER. Witnesses: s'

R. H. EDDY,.- F. P. HALE, Jr. 

